My text contains a few item list and a code block, but I am really crazy when formatting the code, each time I try to format it, it was align to the item list, my work around was put an dot(.) between ...

I was reviewing a first post by a user, and all that was needed was to format the code part as a code sample (using the '{}' button). But it still requires 6 characters to be considered an edit. How ...

I noticed that when you post a link from jsfiddle.net without some code in your answer or question the system doesn't allow you, and a relevant message is displayed.
But when you include a link from ...

If you put a block of code after a bullet point it doesn't get formatted properly unless there's an intervening line of normal text. Just blank lines doesn't do any good. See my examples below, the ...

There's a built-in check when posting a question that contains a link to jsFiddle.net that the question must also contain code. Sometimes users attempt to skirt the rule by highlighting non-code text ...

I've seen quite a few posts that have bad code formatting because of using tabs.
Right now, only the MCVE page has a note that says: don't use tabs. Why not add it to the Editing Help page as well? ...

One thing that has really started to annoy me on StackOverflow is that literally moments after posting some code, I find that it has been edited and the indentation changed.
We've always used a style ...

This revision involved removing some extraneous # signs and indenting some of the code.
However, I found that the code gets displayed as markdown. I selected it and hit the code block. I even tried ...

Everyone knows that inline code blocks are dangerous.
They attract bad edits at a blistering pace and even when used appropriately they look ugly as hell. So what do we do, us aesthetes and artists, ...